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Thymus polytrichus A.Kerner ex Borbas (Wild Thyme)

Images etc

magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Thymus polytrichus In flower 23 June 2005 North Wiltshire England 1
Thymus polytrichus Plant 26 August 1979 Argyllshire Scotland 1
Thymus polytrichus Plant 21 July 1971 East Sussex England 1
Thymus polytrichus Plant 7 July 1968 East Sussex England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Subspecies Thymus polytrichus ssp. britannicus (Wild Thyme) 3

Suggested Literature

Thymus polytrichus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Thymus polytrichus:

is foodplant of larva Meligethes exilis - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Meligethes lugubris - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
base, plant base of plant may have imago Chrysolina cerealis - Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
flower flower is grazed by larva Chrysolina cerealis - Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
flower flower is grazed by imago Chrysolina cerealis - Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Chrysolina cerealis - Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina cerealis - Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
plant plant may have imago Chrysolina cerealis - Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Thymus polytrichus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae)
Thymus
(thymes)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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